Bahrain’s High Criminal Court sentenced on Wednesday 12 suspects to prison over charges of forming and joining a terrorist group.
They were accused of possessing explosives, fire arms and ammunition with the aim to commit a terror act, reported the Bahrain News Agency (BNA).
The court sentenced seven suspects to life in jail and fined one of them BD500. It sentenced two suspects to ten years in jail and fined them with BD500. It also sentenced a female suspect to five years in prison and fined her BD500. The eleventh suspect was handed three years in prison and was fined BD500. The court also fined four suspects BD100, ruled to revoke the Bahraini citizenship of all the suspects, except one.
Details of the case show that six suspects, at large abroad, were able to recruit many terrorist elements in Bahrain to carry out terrorist operations.
Two suspects were recruited and tasked to make explosive devices. They were supplied with the needed materials.
One of the two suspects received training in Iraq on making explosives and using fire arms. Another suspect was recruited and tasked to place an explosive device and detonate it near a police center, in Sitra, on May 19, 2018.
The female suspect was also recruited and tasked to receive the remote control detonation device, which she handed over to another suspect to carry out the mission. Another suspect was also recruited and tasked to carry a bag containing explosive materials.
The suspects can challenge the verdict before the Court of Appeals should legal reasons be provided.
